Analysis of the Great Depression Indicates That

question 184

Multiple Choice

Analysis of the Great Depression indicates that

• A) even though monetary and fiscal policies were highly expansionary, they were unable to offset the economic downturn.
• B) even though monetary policy was expansionary, restrictive fiscal policy dominated during the 1930s.
• C) a reduction in tax rates could not prevent the economic downturn from spiraling into a depression.
• D) the depth of the economic plunge, if not its onset, was the result of monetary, fiscal, and regulatory policies.

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